629 S. Glendora Ave., West Covina, CA TEL: (626) FAX: (626)

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1 629 S. Glendora Ave., West Covina, CA TEL: (626) FAX: (626) OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thu: 9AM to 1PM and 2PM to 6PM Fri & Sat: 9AM to 2PM Sun: 8AM to 4PM parishoffice@sccwc.net WEBSITE: SCHEDULE OF MASSES SATURDAY:8:30 AM, 5:30 PM VIGIL SUNDAY: 7:00 AM, 8:30AM,10:15AM,12 Noon, 4:00PM (Vietnamese), 6:30PM WEEKDAY: 6:30 AM, 8:30 AM FIRST WEDNESDAY: 6:30 AM, 8:30 AM, 6:30 PM FIRST FRIDAY: 6:30AM, 8:30 AM, 6:30 PM 8:00 PM (Vietnamese) HOLY DAY: 8:00 PM (Vietnamese/English) VIGIL 6:30AM, 8:30AM, 7:00 PM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION SAT: 4:00 PM - 5 :00 PM, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM, and by appointment Pastor Rev. Joseph Dass Associate Pastor/ Vietnamese Community Chaplain Rev. Huy Nhat Nguyen Permanent Deacons Deacon Douglas Moloney Deacon Loc Nguyen Deacon Jesse Batacan Deacon Andrew Cho School Principal Lucia Saborio Director of Religious Formation Judi Peña Administrative Secretaries Elizabeth Hudson Sol Batacan Facilities Supervisor Rene Rebong St. Christopher Church is a faith-community of diverse people who gather to joyfully celebrate life, faith and love in Jesus Christ through serving others.

2 Page 2 St. Christopher Catholic Church Fifth Sunday of Lent DIVINE MERCY MINISTRY Protecting Our Children Did You Know April 14, 2017 April 23, 2017 Archdiocese continues helping survivors of sexual abuse and their families As we begin April, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Archdiocese wants to reiterate that it remains committed to helping survivors, and their families, heal and find peace. If you believe that you, or someone you know, is a victim of sexual abuse by a Church employee or volunteer, please contact the Archdiocesan Victims Assistance Coordinator at (213) for help and support. 4th Sunday of March Sunday Collection Plate $5, Envelope $8, TOTAL $13, May God bless and reward you for your continued support to our Parish. April 14 April 15 April 16 April 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 21 April 22 Divine Mercy Novena Good Friday 8:30 A.M. Holy Saturday 8:30 A.M. Easter Sunday 7:30 P.M. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 6:30 P.M. Be Our Guest Divine Mercy Feast - April 23, :00 P.M. - Sharing the Grace of Mercy (Hall) 6:00 P.M. - Benediction (Church) 6:30 P.M. - Sunday Mass (Church) 7:30 P.M. - Procession at Bramble Hall 7:45 P.M. - Divine Mercy Taize (Hall) 8:15 P.M. - Dinner (Hall) (You may bring religious items to be blessed) Your prayers are requested for the recovery of: Virginia Alcantar Mary Amaral Oralia Angel Corazon Antonio Nemesio Baca Connie Bragado Steven Bryan Orry Buenaventura Rosalina Busaing Leonore Gama-Calaustro Evangelina Chavarria Jorge Chavez Anita Clare Florentino Conopio Gregorio De Leon David Escalera Lourdes Faraon Adele Faucett Maria Fontan Ma. Gerlac Forgime Danie Garcia Henry Sr. Garcia James Paul Garcia Maria Gina Garcia Gloria Gomez Mercedes Gomez Carlos Gonzales Kika Ibanez Juanita Laguitao Grace Lomeli Cirilo Magpantay Rosalina Magpantay Desiree Mangubat Marilen Masterson Mary Rose Merton Teresita Mindaro Emanuel Miranda Peter McGinn Helen Nance Rodrigo Nava Aurora Nicolas Cristie Ng Victoria Pantig Marilyn Pateña Rick Prather Mary Sarnecki Elizabeth Stephens Antonio Torre Colette Tramelle Carolyn Tate Anna Uslu Fe Vilches Margaret Wenker

3 April 2, 2017 St. Christopher Catholic Church Page 3 READINGS Reading 1 Ez 37:12-14 Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the LORD. I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD. Responsorial Psalm Ps130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 R. / With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption. Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to my voice in supplication. R. / If you, O LORD, mark iniquities, LORD, who can stand? But with you is forgiveness, that you may be revered. R. / I trust in the LORD; my soul trusts in his word. More than sentinels wait for the dawn, let Israel wait for the LORD. R. / For with the LORD is kindness and with him is plenteous redemption; And he will redeem Israel from all their iniquities. R. / Reading 2 Rom 8:8-11 Brothers and sisters: Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you. Verse Jn 11:25a, 26 I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live. Gospel Jn 11:1-45 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. So [the sisters sent word to him saying, "Master, the one you love is ill." When Jesus heard this he said, "This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it." Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this he said to his disciples, "Let us go back to Judea."] The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?" Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." He said this, and then told them, "Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken him." So the disciples said to him, "Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved." But Jesus was talking about his death, while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep. So then Jesus said to them clearly, "Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe. Let us go to him." So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go to die with him." [When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.] Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. [When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise." Martha said to him, "I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day." Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world."] When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, "The teacher is here and is asking for you." As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. For Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still

4 Page 4 St. Christopher Catholic Church Fifth Sunday of Lent where Martha had met him. So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping, [he became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Sir, come and see." And Jesus wept. So the Jews said, "See how he loved him." But some of them said, "Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?" So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it. Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, said to him, "Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me." And when he had said this, He cried out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, "Untie him and let him go." Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.] Welcome to the Church of God Marilyn E. Avina Kaden Riley Ly Zoe B. De Almeida Auxencio Lucero Shirly D. Rodand Jessie Gamboa Catalina Tabalmo Aaron James Llarena May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Saturday, April 1 5:30 p.m. Mr. & Mrs. Pete Sabido (D) Felix Lampa Sunday, April 2 7:00 a.m. (D) All Souls in Purgatory (D) Mark Sarnecki 8:30 a.m. Sharyn Danielson (D) Dora Bridges Soto 10:15 a.m. (D) Joshua Correa Marcelo (D) Joseph Sison 12:00 p.m. St. Christopher Parishioners 6:30 p.m. (D) Caroline Maglente (D) Zenaida C. Villaroman Monday, April 3 6:30 a.m. (D) Rudolfo B. Aquino Jr. (D) Edith Caseguin Acuna 8:30 a.m. (D) Maria Rung Dinh Luisa Borillo San Andres Tuesday, April 4 6:30 a.m. (D) Rudin Gonzales Sr. (D) Leonardo Tancuan Jr. 8:30 a.m. (D) Josep Cuong Nguyen Grace & Karen Reyes Wednesday, April 5 6:30 a.m. Raquel Gonzales James Paul Garcia 8:30 a.m. (D) Maria Rung Dinh David Solis 6:30 p.m. (D) Tomas Tsen Hoy (D) Liam Niu Thursday, April 6 6:30 a.m. (D) Willie Concepcion (D) Marilou Concepcion 8:30 a.m. (D) Josep Cuong Nguyen (D) Benigna Gonzales Friday, April 7 6:30 a.m. (D) Teresita Maria Gladiola Fely Concepcion 8:30 a.m. Erlinda A. Macasaet (D) Fernanda Almendral Rosa & Toya Rojales Saturday, April 8 8:30 a.m. Clare M. Axalan (D) Vera & Leo Lozano

5 April 2, 2017 St. Christopher Catholic Church Page 5 ALTAR FLOWERS April 9 th We invite parishioners and parish ministries to consider a gift of Monetary Donations to decorate our church for the Easter celebration. In preparation, Easter lilies will be accepted beginning Holy Week Monday April10th. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Tuesday, April 4, 2017 St. Isidore Wednesday, April 5, 2017 St. Vincent Ferrer Friday, April 7, 2017 St. John Baptist de la Salle; Day of Abstinence; MAUNDY THURSDAY 8:30 AM Morning Prayer 6:30 PM Lord s Supper 9:00 PM Vietnamese Lord s Supper 11:45 PM Night Prayers April 13 th GOOD FRIDAY April 14 th 8:30 AM Morning Prayers 12:00 PM Stations of the Cross (Outside) 1:30 PM Seven Last Words 3:00 & 6:30 PM Liturgy (Veneration of the Cross) 9:00 PM Vietnamese Liturgy (Veneration of the Cross) HOLY SATURDAY 8:30 AM Morning Prayers April 15 th Penance Service April 4 (Tuesday) 7:00 pm Friday April 7 at 7:30 pm EASTER VIGIL 6:30 PM Procession starts from Our Lady of the Unborn Shrine 9:00 PM Vietnamese Easter Vigil EASTER SUNDAY 7:00 AM Mass (English) 8:30 AM Mass (English) 10:15 AM Mass (English) 12:00 PM Mass (English) 4:00 PM Mass (Vietnamese) 6:30 PM Mass (English) April 15 th April 16 th UNITED CATHOLICS FCU Easter Blessings from your parish credit union. Parishioners are eligible to join United Catholics Federal Credit Union. Need new furniture, new appliances or need a vacation? Spring loans as low as 3.99% * (APR). Call United Catholics FCU (626) or visit us at and start saving today! *Loan rates and terms may vary depending on the applicant s individual credit history, type of loan and/or participation discounts. Rates may change without notice. All loans are subject to approval. We are an Equal Housing Lender.

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8 ST. CHRISTOPHER PARISH SCHOOL Now Accepting Applications Transitional Kindergarten through 8th Grade Art, Music and Computer Lab Secure & Caring Environment Morning & After School Care Athletics Newly updated classrooms Daily Religious Instruction Goodness. Excellence. Service 900 W. Christopher St. West Covina, CA GIFTS FOR ALL OCCASSION Baptism *First Communion *Confirmation Quinceañera *Weddings Plus various kinds of Religious Articles Located at the Parish Center next to the Parish Office OPEN ON SUNDAYS AFTER THE MORNING MASSES